A good mouse can last you a long time, but it can get pretty worn down after awhile—especially the scroll wheel. Over at the BASE jewelry blog, they've made their mouse's wheel more resilient with just a bit of scrap metal.

All they did was take a bit of spare titanium—which they had on hand, as jewelers—and replaced the rubber with a 1mm thick ring. The wheel is now resistant to sweat, oil, and oxygen, the things that make your rubber wheel look all gross after a year or two of use. Sure, you could buy a new mouse, but why buy a $100 mouse if you could just replace the wheel? (After all, if I had to replace my mouse, I'd probably just buy the exact same one.)

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Of course, we're not all jewelers, but Lifehacker Australia makes a good point: if you have access to a hackerspace (or a friend who's a jeweler), you can probably rustle up the materials yourself for pretty cheap. Hit the link to see more.